ELM CREEK — Dane Johnson can tell the dogs he is training apart just by their bark, even if the dog is 300 yards away in an enclosed facility. Between April and October, Johnson spends 12 hours a day ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Many mornings have been spent hunkered down in a waterfowl hunting blind, sipping strong black coffee and hoping Bluebelle, the Labrador retriever at my side, would have the chance ...

If you thought Florida’s strange invasions of giant pythons and “mega mosquitoes” were all of the creature horror stories that we’d be treated to this year, you were dead wrong, brothers. With the ...

DUNLAP, Ill. (AP) -- Tim Smith remembers staring into the fog and wondering. After 15 minutes of waiting in a mist-shrouded duck blind, he grudgingly decided to get the boat. Then he heard words every ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Thirty-two youngsters joined retrievers and trainers at the Red River Retrievers Training Facility last weekend. This gathering of youth and adults of the Four States Retriever Club ...

Both Labrador and golden retrievers consistently rank among America’s most popular dog breeds. Non-hunting owners love the friendly demeanors that make the two great family dogs. They are highly ...

And although it was not a Red Ryder BB gun that was the object of my desire for decades, factors that included bad timing, overpricing and condition had prevented me from pulling the trigger on ...